Wikibooks:Reading room/Proposals/2021/February

Turning Global_rights_policy into an official policy
I think it's odd that it's still a draft policy (got notified when a GS showed hesitance to perform an action citing that this was a draft). This one is similar to the old draft, however, it does mention that stewards are allowed to use CheckUser even in non-emergency cases (updated by me). What do you all think?

To summarise:


 * Stewards can use any GR/GS permission here, and CheckUser/Oversight as well, even if there are local users with these rights. My rationale for allowing this is that there are times where the CheckUsers (of which only QuiteUnusual is active) are absent, and this wiki is generally trusting of stewards, and I think allowing them to perform CheckUser is a no-brainer.


 * Global Sysops can use any permission here. This is in line with long-standing policy, but I've just made it clear.


 * Global bots are not explicitly allowed here, and this has not changed.

Leaderboard (discuss • contribs) 20:26, 11 February 2021 (UTC)
 * as proposed. In effect, the GS policy is "opt out" - if projects don't opt out, then GS can operate here. We've had many GSs working here, and GRs, and I've never seen a problem. Regarding CU and Oversight, this is the policy that is in effect. No Steward has ever contacted me to say they've used CU here and I don't have a problem with that - I can always check the CU log. More to the point, if it was a project related request, made on Meta, the Stewards would refer it to a local CU. It is only more generic - e.g., spambot and crosswiki vandal CU checks - that the Stewards normally do as part of their global role. QuiteUnusual (discuss • contribs) 09:15, 12 February 2021 (UTC)
 * I wont directly support since I'm not aware of the community norms for these. However I if no objections are raised, or consensus is gained, as they seem sensible. I have done some minor c/e. -- Jules  (Mrjulesd) 10:51, 12 February 2021 (UTC)
 * Seems sensible to me. Thanks for proposing this. —Justin ( koavf ) ❤T☮C☺M☯ 11:21, 12 February 2021 (UTC)
 * (I assume I was that GS that showed hesitance) --DannyS712 (discuss • contribs) 18:11, 19 February 2021 (UTC)